FBI papers shed no new light on Sandy Hook

John Pirro

Published 7:55 pm, Thursday, April 24, 2014

Newly released FBI documents offer no additional details about the 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown and are even devoid of information that has already been made public, according to a published report.

The Hartford Courant reported on its website Thursday afternoon that of the 175 pages of documents obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request, 64 pages were completely blacked out and the remaining 111 were heavily redacted.

Twenty first-graders and six staff members were killed after 20-year-old Adam Lanza blasted his way into the building on Dec. 14, 2012, shortly after he killed his mother, Nancy, in their Yogananda Street home.

Lanza committed suicide as police arrived at the school.

None of the people interviewed by FBI agents who assisted in the investigation were identified in the documents, including Ryan Lanza, the gunman's older brother, who was initially thought to have carried out the massacre because Adam Lanza was carrying an identification card bearing his name.

The person believed to be Ryan Lanza did tell the agents that his brother was "computer savvy" and had briefly worked at a computer repair shop, according to the Courant.

He also said Nancy Lanza owned at least four guns, including the semi- automatic rifle that Adam Lanza used in the shooting, and that the weapons were kept in a gun safe in his brother's bedroom closet.

The documents make no reference to attempts by the FBI to retrieve data from a computer hard drive that Adam Lanza destroyed before embarking on his rampage, according to the newspaper.

The person believed to be Ryan Lanza also said that Adam Lanza had never been violent or used drugs and alcohol, and he couldn't provide investigators with any motive for his actions.